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SUMMARY:AI - Assisted Career Transition
DESCRIPTION:Navigating a career transition\, re-entering the workforce\, or impacted by recent layoffs? Experience the power of the Ascend network with bi-weekly virtual office hours designed to support career insights\, networking\, and actionable support. \n\nThis week\, Bartholomew Jae\, Co-President of the Ascend New England chapter\, will facilitate the discussion around generative AI and how it can help us discover what we want to do next\, identify and pursue roles that align with those requirements\, and stand out during the interview process.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/ai-assisted-career-transition/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Business,Career,Professional Development,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Genius on Display: Designing for the FIFA World Cup with Rich Tu
DESCRIPTION:Join Poster House for an evening with Rich Tu\, a creative director and educator\, as well as the designer of the 2026 FIFA World Cup poster for New York and New Jersey. Tu will discuss the evolution of World Cup posters and take you through the creative process behind his 2026 design for the event. \nRich Tu (@rich_tu) is an award-winning artist and creative based in New York City. He is a partner and executive creative director at the branding agency Sunday Afternoon. Tu has also held creative leadership roles at Jones Knowles Ritchie\, MTV Entertainment Group\, and Nike Inc. He won the ADC Young Guns award and recently received the prestigious Paul Manship Medallion for significant contributions to the Art Directors Club and the creative industry. \nTu received his BFA in Communication from Rutgers University and a Masters Degree in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York. He currently teaches design at SVA and is the co-founder of the COLORFUL awards with the One Club for Creativity\, an organization dedicated to creating opportunities for early career creatives.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/genius-on-display-designing-for-the-fifa-world-cup-with-rich-tu/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Art,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260701T150000
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SUMMARY:Solidarity As Medicine: Asian & Black Communities Healing Together
DESCRIPTION:Community conversation about working with\, not against\, cultural difference.\n\n\n\nIn a time of rising harm\, division\, and distress\, BEAM and the Asian Mental Health Collective are coming together to hold space for a long-overdue talk: cross-cultural solidarity centered in healing justice. \nThis community conversation invites us to move beyond individual and racially siloed healing into the practice of collective care that transcends\, but still authentically honors\, ethnicity. We will acknowledge and draw from the powerful history of Black\, Asian\, and Indigenous folk (alongside other communities of color and allies) coming together across difference\, address the very real divisions being weaponized against us\, and explore what it looks like to continue to build sustainable ecosystems of care together. \nThis session is for those wanting to close the racial chasms and for anyone who believes that our liberation is interconnected. If you are ready to deepen relationships across cultures\, join us. \nAbout the Guest Speaker \nAyesha Meer (she/her) With over a decade of experience in nonprofit and public management\, Ayesha has grown Asian Mental Health Collective into the leading organization addressing mental health in Asian communities. Ayesha’s own journey to find mental health support\, as an Indian South African immigrant to the US\, led her to join Asian Mental Health Collective as Executive Director in 2023 and to work to create a mental health system that is by and for pan-Asian communities in the US. \nPrior to joining AMHC Ayesha served as Executive Director for Artemis House—a domestic and sexual violence shelter and response organization in Western South Dakota. Ayesha has a particular interest in ending shame around capitalist ideas of productivity. She holds an MPA in Public and Nonprofit management from New York University\, which was funded by a Fulbright grant. \n  \n*** \nAccessibility Statement: ASL services are available\, as well as closed captioning. ASL needs must be indicated by June 22\, 2026. Please email training@beam.community \nDisclaimer: BEAM’s programs are meant for educational purposes only. They do not substitutes for a relationship with a licensed or trained wellness practitioner. By attending this event\, you agree that you understand that this program is not a clinical therapeutic service. \n  \nTicket Purchases \nAt BEAM we believe in offering folks options to be in community with us\, recognizing that everyone may be at a different financial capacity. Please refer to the descriptions below to determine what ticket type is best for you. \nComplimentary tickets – are for our community members who frankly just ain’t got it but are ready and willing to be in the space with others. There’s a limited amount and once claimed they are complete for the event. \nPay What You Can is the next tier – where you can pay what you can and there’s suggested pricing. \nGeneral admission – are regularly priced tickets for the type of event. \nIf a need-based scholarship is necessary for your attendance\, please email training@beam.community
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/solidarity-as-medicine-asian-black-communities-healing-together/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:History,Mental Health,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Road to the Midterms: Mobilizing the AANHPI Community
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an insightful panel featuring SALDEF\, APIAVote\, LEADFilipino\, and ACDC. These organizations have active civic engagement programming planned for the upcoming midterm elections and will share more about how they are reaching out to their specific communities\, the programmatic goals\, and how they are making the case for why AAPIs need to vote! Attendees will learn about different communities and outreach strategies that will be useful in their own work as well learn about resources to help them in their own work reaching AAPI Voters across the country. \nOn Thursday\, July 2\, 2026\, NCAPA is hosting an insightful panel\, Road to the Midterms: Mobilizing the AAPI Community\, featuring speakers from organizations with strong civic engagement programs preparing for the upcoming midterm elections. \nThis November\, in the most competitive districts\, some races will be decided by a razor-thin margin of votes. AAPIs are the fastest-growing voter demographic in the country\, and cycle after cycle\, results have shown how important it is to engage AAPIs in voter outreach and civic education. \nJoin us to learn more about how AAPI organizers are planning for the November elections\, strategies for culturally competent outreach\, and key resources to help your programming.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/road-to-the-midterms-mobilizing-the-aanhpi-community/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Election,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Liberation Summer School 2026: Cross-Racial Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Liberation Summer School 2026 – Focus on Cross Racial Solidarity \nAt a time when our communities face growing attacks and attempts to divide us\, the work of building cross-racial solidarity is more important than ever. Liberation Summer School brings together folks to learn deeply about cross-solidarity struggles\, engage in collective discussion + imagination\, and strengthen our political analysis. \nDates: The two sessions will take place Thursday evenings at  7:30pm-9:30pm EST // 4:30 – 6:30PM PST. \n\nSession 1: July 2/9/16/30 + August 6.\nSession 2: August 13/20/27\, September 10/17.\n\nCosts: All 5-week courses are sliding scale $75 – $200. Choose what works for you\, so it can work for everyone. Payment is expected to be paid in full by the start of course date. Limited scholarships are available. Please inquire by email course coordinator: vijou@remaginationlab.org \nCourse curriculum \n\nCross Racial Solidarity – Background\nThe Voices of History\nAbolitionist Movements\nAnti-Colonial Struggles\nNon-Aligned Movement/Bandung Conference 1955\nImmigrant Justice – Case Study in Cross Racial Solidarity\nEnvironmental Justice – Case Study in Cross-Racial Solidarity\nReflections and Future Steps\n\nDr. Robyn Magalit Rodriguez is a Filipina American professor\, author\, and activist. She was previously a professor and chair of the Department of Asian American Studies at the University of California\, Davis. In 2018\, Rodriguez founded the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies which is noted to be the first Filipino Studies center in the United States. She is a former associate professor at Rutgers.   She has written many books such as Asian America: 2nd Edition (2021) and Contemporary Asian American Activism (2022). \nSchool for Liberating Education (SLE) is an autonomous educational space that offers knowledge that advances social and ecological justice. It is rooted in Ethnic Studies\, an interdisciplinary field of study taught mainly at the college and university-level. SLE offers college/university-level ethnic studies\, including a certificate in Applied Ethnic Studies\, without the restrictive admissions requirements or high costs that ordinarily come with college/university education. It also creates space for decolonial\, reindigenized knowledge shared by educators who have worked both inside and outside traditional educational systems.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/liberation-summer-school-2026-cross-racial-solidarity/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Education,History,Virtual,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Understanding Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Examining how inherited social hierarchies and descent-based discrimination perpetuate exclusion across diverse communities worldwide.\n\nAcross the globe\, millions of people continue to face systemic discrimination\, exclusion\, and unequal opportunities based entirely on their inherited status\, descent\, or ancestral occupation. While deeply associated with the caste system in South Asia\, these rigid intergenerational hierarchies affect diverse global populations\, including the Roma in Europe\, Haratine in Africa\, Buraku in Japan\, Osu in Nigeria\, and Quilombola and Palenque communities in Latin America. Despite distinct cultural origins\, these groups share a common reality of deep-seated social stigma\, occupational segregation\, and severe barriers to basic human rights.\n\nTo confront this global challenge\, this seminar brings together scholars\, students\, practitioners\, and policymakers to foster a comparative understanding of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent (CDWD). The discussion will examine how these inherited social hierarchies are reproduced through contemporary institutions and social norms\, specifically tracking how exclusion restricts access to education\, employment\, housing\, healthcare\, and political participation across different regions. \nAdditionally\, the seminar will analyze how modern forces like migration\, urbanization\, and globalization are reshaping both the nature of this exclusion and the strategies used for grassroots resistance. Participants will reflect on the growing recognition of descent-based discrimination within international human rights platforms\, evaluating the current responses of the United Nations\, civil society\, and academic institutions as they work toward a more coherent global framework to eradicate inherited-status discrimination. \n\n\nModerator: Paul Divakar Namala \nSpeakers:  \n\nQueen Bisseng\nGabriela Hrabanova\nBeena Pallical\nJohannes Butscher
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/understanding-communities-discriminated-on-work-and-descent/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Economics,Education,History,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260710T130000
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SUMMARY:SAADA’s 18th Birthday! (Virtual Celebration)
DESCRIPTION:It’s SAADA’s 18th birthday . . . let’s celebrate together!!!\n\n\nJoin us for our virtual birthday celebration on Friday\, July 10 at 1pm ET / 10am PT. \nCommemorate this special milestone with us\, hear about what’s coming up at SAADA\, and get the scoop on the who\, what\, when\, where\, why\, and how of our brand-new membership program! \nWe’ll have birthday fun and special prizes! We hope to see you there! 🎉
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/saadas-18th-birthday-virtual-celebration/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260714
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260724
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SUMMARY:Together We Rise: An APIDA Professional Learning Experience Summer 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Asian American Education Project is excited to announce that applications are now open for our Summer 2026 Educator Cohort—taking place this July! This program is open to all K–12 educators across the United States who are passionate about inclusive education and culturally responsive teaching. \nThe theme of this cohort\, Together We Rise\, explores the rich history of cross-racial solidarity within APIDA communities in the United States as it only makes us stronger together. It will examine historical milestones\, shared struggles\, and partnerships that have shaped and strengthened solidarity between APIDA communities and other racial groups\, such as Latinx and Asians uniting and organizing together for the advancement of workers’ rights. From early immigration waves to contemporary movements for social justice and equality\, the program highlights the ongoing contributions of APIDA individuals and groups in building a more inclusive and equitable society. The APIDA community is diverse\, with each group and partnership contributing unique experiences to the broader story of solidarity and collaboration. \nParticipants of the Forgotten No More: An APIDA Professional Learning Experience will engage with The Asian American Education Project’s (AAEdu) curricular resources. Our cohort model provides participants the opportunity to work with others who are committed to gaining a deeper knowledge of and an increased competence in teaching APIDA content. This program combines virtual engagement via Zoom and asynchronous learning via our learning management system. As part of a supportive community\, participants will be guided toward implementing inclusive lesson plans addressing APIDA topics. Participants will be equipped with the tools needed to not only teach APIDA history effectively but also diversify their curriculum in order to celebrate the rich diversity of Asian American and Pacific Islander cultures. \nProgram Objectives \n\nCultural Competence – Educators will enhance their knowledge and competence in teaching APIDA history and content in regards to cross-racial/cultural solidarity.\nInclusive Teaching – Educators will be equipped with the skills and tools needed to implement inclusive\, culturally responsive lesson plans that integrate APIDA content across subjects and grade levels. \nImpactful Application – Educators will learn how to navigate AAEdu’s website and resources and customize these assets into impactful student-centered classroom practices.\n\n  \nEligibility \n\nParticipants are current educators in a K-12 setting\, public\, charter\, private\, etc.\nParticipants must use and incorporate AAEdu’s APIDA curricular resources within their respective contexts\, such as in-class instruction\, professional development/training\, etc.  \nParticipants must be available for all the live sessions in July 2026 (specific dates are listed below) in order to be able to attend each and every session\, on time and in its entirety. \n\nParticipants must agree to all the terms and conditions listed below.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/together-we-rise-an-apida-professional-learning-experience-summer-2026/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Education,Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T160000
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SUMMARY:APAICS Energy & Commerce Summit
DESCRIPTION:The APAICS Energy & Commerce Summit brings together industry and community leaders alongside Asian American & Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AA & NH/PI) Members of Congress to discuss top-line energy and commerce concerns that are affecting the AA & NH/PI community and the nation at-large. \n​During the virtual Summit\, speakers will explore topics ranging from green workforce development\, the current state of the energy landscape\, the future of climate action\, building next generation businesses\, mobility and transportation access\, and the growing impact of artificial intelligence and data centers. Community and industry leaders\, alongside key stakeholders and policymakers\, will discuss the challenges they face and the policy solutions they are developing in response. \n​The 2026 Energy & Commerce Summit will air virtually on July 22 on YouTube. \nPanel Overview \n\nJobs of Tomorrow: Building a Green Workforce for the Future\nThe Energy Landscape: State of Play\, Challenges\, and Solutions\nBuilding Next Generation Businesses\nMobility and Transportation Access in AA & NH/PI Communities
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/apaics-energy-commerce-summit-2/
LOCATION:YouTube\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business,Conference,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T160000
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SUMMARY:From ABGs to “Wasian” TikTok: How Asian Identity Became an Aesthetic
DESCRIPTION:From ABGs to “Wasian” TikTok: How Asian Identity Became an Aesthetic \nThis engaging conversation explores how pop culture\, social media\, beauty trends\, and dating discourse have shaped how Asian identity is perceived\, performed\, and consumed online. \nAuthors Kaila Yu and Joan King will examine the rise of labels and aesthetics such as ABG culture\, “boba liberal” identity\, K-pop beauty ideals\, and “Wasian” TikTok\, asking what happens when a community’s identity becomes a trend. Drawing on Kaila’s book Fetishized and Joan Sung’s Kinda Korean\, the discussion will unpack how these representations affect belonging\, self-image\, desirability\, and how Asian Americans understand themselves. \nParticipants will leave with: \n✨ A deeper understanding of how Asian identity has been shaped by media and online culture \n✨ Language for discussing fetishization\, beauty standards\, and representation \n✨ Insight into the difference between visibility\, validation\, and real belonging \n✨ Questions to consider about who gets to define culture in the social media age \nKaila Yu is an author based in Los Angeles. Her debut memoir is titled ‘Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever\, Feminism\, and Beauty\,’ published by Penguin Random House’s Crown Publishing. She’s also a luxury travel and culture writer with bylines in The New York Times\, Rolling Stone\, Los Angeles Times\, Condé Nast Traveler\, and many more. \nJoan Sung is a national cultural competency conference presenter and consultant and has a BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing\, an MA in English\, and a Doctorate in Education. Her articles regarding Asian American voices have been published in TinyBeans.com\, Mochi Magazine\, Memoir Magazine\, and Writerly Magazine. She lives in the Seattle area with her husband\, her son\, and two dogs.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/from-abgs-to-wasian-tiktok-how-asian-identity-became-an-aesthetic/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Pop Culture,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260813T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T213000
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SUMMARY:Liberation Summer School 2026: Cross-Racial Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Liberation Summer School 2026 – Focus on Cross Racial Solidarity \nAt a time when our communities face growing attacks and attempts to divide us\, the work of building cross-racial solidarity is more important than ever. Liberation Summer School brings together folks to learn deeply about cross-solidarity struggles\, engage in collective discussion + imagination\, and strengthen our political analysis. \nDates: The two sessions will take place Thursday evenings at  7:30pm-9:30pm EST // 4:30 – 6:30PM PST. \n\nSession 1: July 2/9/16/30 + August 6.\nSession 2: August 13/20/27\, September 10/17.\n\nCosts: All 5-week courses are sliding scale $75 – $200. Choose what works for you\, so it can work for everyone. Payment is expected to be paid in full by the start of course date. Limited scholarships are available. Please inquire by email course coordinator: vijou@remaginationlab.org \nCourse curriculum \n\nCross Racial Solidarity – Background\n\nThe Voices of History\nAbolitionist Movements\nAnti-Colonial Struggles\nNon-Aligned Movement/Bandung Conference 1955\n\n\nImmigrant Justice – Case Study in Cross Racial Solidarity\nEnvironmental Justice – Case Study in Cross-Racial Solidarity\nReflections and Future Steps\n\nDr. Robyn Magalit Rodriguez is a Filipina American professor\, author\, and activist. She was previously a professor and chair of the Department of Asian American Studies at the University of California\, Davis. In 2018\, Rodriguez founded the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies which is noted to be the first Filipino Studies center in the United States. She is a former associate professor at Rutgers.   She has written many books such as Asian America: 2nd Edition (2021) and Contemporary Asian American Activism (2022). \nSchool for Liberating Education (SLE) is an autonomous educational space that offers knowledge that advances social and ecological justice. It is rooted in Ethnic Studies\, an interdisciplinary field of study taught mainly at the college and university-level. SLE offers college/university-level ethnic studies\, including a certificate in Applied Ethnic Studies\, without the restrictive admissions requirements or high costs that ordinarily come with college/university education. It also creates space for decolonial\, reindigenized knowledge shared by educators who have worked both inside and outside traditional educational systems.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/liberation-summer-school-2026-cross-racial-solidarity-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Education,History,Virtual,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Ma-Yi Theatre Free FALL Playwriting Workshop with Lisa Sanaye Dring
DESCRIPTION:Ma-Yi Theatre Free FALL Playwriting Workshop with Lisa Sanaye Dring\n\n\nDue to the overwhelming response to our summer Free Playwriting Workshop\, Ma-Yi Theater Company is thrilled to announce two additional FREE playwriting workshops in Fall 2026\, taught by award-winning playwright Lisa Sanaye Dring\, author of SUMO and HAPPY FALL. \nCreated for Filipino American and AANHPI aspiring writers\, these workshops are open to writers who are ready to begin\, grow\, experiment\, or finally say: Yes. I’m writing the play. \nBoth classes are completely FREE and will offer participants a supportive\, rigorous\, and energizing space to explore the fundamentals of playwriting\, including character\, dialogue\, action\, structure\, theme\, and theatrical style. Through writing prompts\, discussion\, readings\, and feedback\, participants will generate new pages and develop their voices in community with fellow writers. \nThe first six sessions will meet online\, making the workshop accessible for working adults and busy schedules. The workshop will then culminate in an in-person showcase presentation\, where participants’ work will be brought to life by professional actors and directors. \nThis is more than a class. It is a chance to write\, dream\, build\, revise\, and hear your words leap off the page. \nFree. Online. Fun. Limited slots available. Register early. \nMondays 7pm-10pm – September 21 – November 9 \nor \nTuesdays 7pm-10pm – September 22 – November 10 \nFor more information: info@ma-yitheatre.org \nSpace is limited— signing up does not guarantee entry into class.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/ma-yi-theatre-free-fall-playwriting-workshop-with-lisa-sanaye-dring/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Hybrid,In Person,Theater,Virtual,Writing
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SUMMARY:Reading America: Viet Thanh Nguyen on Maxine Hong Kingston: Acclaimed Authors on Great Writing That Resonates Today
DESCRIPTION:An eight-part series of online classes with Annette Gordon-Reed\, Joshua Cohen\, Colm Tóibín\, Viet Thanh Nguyen\, and more\n\n\nStarting this June\, Library of America presents an eight-part series of online classes featuring leading contemporary authors on the LOA writers that resonate deeply with them and have something vital to tell us at this moment. \n\n\nYou can purchase access to the entire series and save on the per-session cost\, or pick and choose individual sessions to attend. See below for more information on registration. \n\n\n  \nREGISTRATON INFO \n\nNov. 17: Viet Thanh Nguyen on Maxine Hong Kingston\nBeginning with her stunning 1976 memoir The Woman Warrior\, Maxine Hong Kingston has forged a profound\, richly imagined\, and genre-defying narrative of the American experience from her vantage as the daughter of Chinese immigrants. In this session\, we explore Kingston’s most influential books\, The Woman Warrior and China Men\, as she intended—back-to-back\, as one longer epic about Chinese Americans. These hybrid books move between fiction and nonfiction\, imagination and history\, realism and fantasy\, as they weave Chinese immigrants and their descendants into the fabric of the United States\, where they have belonged since the middle of the nineteenth century.\n\nEight Sessions (scroll down for full descriptions) \n\nJune 1: Annette Gordon-Reed on the Declaration of Independence and Lemuel Haynes’s “Liberty Further Extended”\nJuly 9: Joanne B. Freeman on Alexander Hamilton and Alexis de Tocqueville\nJuly 28: Nell Painter on Ralph Waldo Emerson and Sojourner Truth\nAug. 18: Joshua Cohen on Isaac Bashevis Singer\nSept. 24: Parul Sehgal on Arthur Miller\nOct. 29: Colm Tóibín on Elizabeth Bishop\nNov. 17: Viet Thanh Nguyen on Maxine Hong Kingston\nDec. 3: Namwali Serpell on William Faulkner and Toni Morrison\n\n\n\nSessions will take place on Zoom and last 75 minutes. Attendees are encouraged to share questions in advance and during the class. Each session will be recorded and shared with registrants to watch anytime. Space is limited and registration will be on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n\n\n  \nPRICING \nSeries pass: $350 (includes access to all sessions and 25% off all titles on the LOA Web Store) \nLOA Members get the special members’ rate of $300 ($50 off). Learn more about the perks of becoming an LOA Member. \nIndividual session: $50 ($40 for LOA Members) \n\n\n  \nSCHOLARSHIPS \nLOA is committed to making our programming accessible to as many people as possible. \nIf the cost to attend this series presents a hardship\, or you are a teacher interested in attending for professional development\, we are pleased to offer a number of scholarship places at a reduced rate. For more information and to request a tuition waiver\, please e-mail support@loa.org. \nIf you would like to support Library of America’s online programming and help sponsor a reduced-rate scholarship for a deserving student or teacher\, please consider making a $50 donation at checkout on Eventbrite or reach out to support@loa.org. \n\n\n  \nSESSION DESCRIPTIONS \nAll sessions meet at 2 pm ET. \nAnnette Gordon-Reed on the Declaration of Independence and Lemuel Haynes’s “Liberty Further Extended”\nMonday\, June 1\n“The American story\, from the very beginning\, has been multifaceted\, multicultured\, and multiracial\,” writes Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed. “People of color\, even in the most dire situations\, have always found ways to make their thoughts and feelings known.” Lemuel Haynes (1753–1833) was a Revolutionary War veteran\, the first ordained Black minister in the United States\, and the first African American to receive an advanced degree. In the opening session of Reading America\, we will discuss the Declaration of Independence and Haynes’s response to it\, a 1776 essay entitled “Liberty Further Extended: Or Free Thoughts on the Illegality of Slave-Keeping.” \nJoanne B. Freeman on Alexander Hamilton and Alexis de Tocqueville\nThursday\, July 9\nThroughout our nation’s history\, its citizens\, residents\, and foreign observers have wrestled with the meaning of American democracy. In this session\, we look at two writers with much to say on the topic: Alexander Hamilton and Alexis de Tocqueville. Hamilton had lifelong doubts about democracy\, even as he worked to create and uphold America’s new democratic republic. Tocqueville\, a French visitor to the United States in 1831–32\, was a witness par excellence\, describing and judging American democracy as only an outsider could. Putting these men in conversation reveals democracy in all its complexity\, and exposes the beating heart of America. \nNell Painter on Ralph Waldo Emerson and Sojourner Truth\nTuesday\, July 28\nRalph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)\, giant of American letters\, and Sojourner Truth (ca. 1797-1883)\, feminist abolitionist stalwart\, were near contemporaries\, living ninety-five miles apart in Massachusetts in the 1840s. Emerson’s classic books\, Essays and Self-Reliance\, were published in the 1840s\, while Truth’s self-published Narrative of Sojourner Truth appeared in 1850. Both promoted and sold their books in person on the lecture circuit\, but they never met. In this session\, we stage a meeting of Emerson and Truth’s minds through a closer look at their lives and works. \nJoshua Cohen on Isaac Bashevis Singer\nTuesday\, August 18\nWhat makes a writer an American writer? Is it the accident of his birth\, or perhaps the circumstances of his exile? His language? His themes? His audience? The works of Isaac Bashevis Singer\, the seventh American citizen to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature\, raise these questions in fascinating ways. This session discusses three short classics by America’s great Yiddish writer: “Gimpel the Fool\,” “The Destruction of Kreshev\,” and “The Cafeteria.” Together\, they bring the reader from Galician Poland to Manhattan’s East Side\, and illuminate starkly different jewels—sweet\, bitter\, humorous\, sexual—in the crown of this impish giant. \nParul Sehgal on Arthur Miller\nThursday\, September 24\nArthur Miller’s plays of the 1940s and 1950s—All My Sons\, Death of a Salesman\, The Crucible\, A View from the Bridge—electrified theatergoers and established him as one of the indispensable voices of the postwar era in America. With a particular focus on All My Sons\, this session explores some of the characteristic conflicts of Miller’s work—between fathers and sons\, desire and obligation\, self and community—while paying close attention to the effect his mastery of dramatic devices such as motive\, psychology\, and resolution has on readers and audience members. \nColm Tóibín on Elizabeth Bishop\nThursday\, October 28\nThe poems of Elizabeth Bishop are “more wryly radiant\, more touching\, more unaffectedly intelligent than any written in our lifetime\,” wrote James Merrill. She is “our greatest national treasure.” Bishop’s work is notable for its use of narrative\, its precision and reliance on exact detail\, its reticence and power. This session will explore\, via poems and letters\, her ideas of loss and exile\, plus the tone she takes: melancholy\, precise\, hushed\, attentive\, and careful to say nothing more than what each occasion demands. \nViet Thanh Nguyen on Maxine Hong Kingston\nTuesday\, November 17\nBeginning with her stunning 1976 memoir The Woman Warrior\, Maxine Hong Kingston has forged a profound\, richly imagined\, and genre-defying narrative of the American experience from her vantage as the daughter of Chinese immigrants. In this session\, we explore Kingston’s most influential books\, The Woman Warrior and China Men\, as she intended—back-to-back\, as one longer epic about Chinese Americans. These hybrid books move between fiction and nonfiction\, imagination and history\, realism and fantasy\, as they weave Chinese immigrants and their descendants into the fabric of the United States\, where they have belonged since the middle of the nineteenth century. \nNamwali Serpell on William Faulkner and Toni Morrison\nThursday\, December 3\nWhile delivering the keynote address at a 1985 Faulkner conference in Oxford\, Mississippi\, Toni Morrison remarked that “in a very personal way\, as a reader\, he had an enormous effect” on her. Morrison’s engagement with Faulkner was a lifelong project\, from her examination of The Sound and the Fury in her master’s thesis to ongoing reflections on his work in university lectures. This session delves into novels by Faulkner and Morrison—Absalom\, Absalom! and A Mercy\, respectively—to explore their treatment of Native Americans\, their interest in co-created stories and invented language\, Sutpen’s Hundred in relation to Jacob Vaark’s unfinished house\, and the overlapping themes of possessive love and stopped time. \n\n\nCourse curator: Bernard Schwartz \n\n\nLibrary of America\, a nonprofit organization\, champions our nation’s cultural heritage by publishing America’s greatest writing in authoritative new editions and providing resources for readers to explore this rich\, living legacy.
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CATEGORIES:Book,Virtual,Writing
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